The inmateAid telephone service works at ALL facilities where it can get a local number. You will still use the service at the jail, but if your telephone number is long distance (area code is not the only determinant), having a local number from the same rate center as the jail will in most cases save considerable money on a per-call cost basis.

Bond reduction will depend upon how good of a presentation his defense attorney does at creating good will and making the prosecution and judge feel that your husband is worthy of a reduction

The halfway houses that are supporting released state and county inmates are not necessarily designated for "sex offenders". Most cases the sex offenders are given some anonymity so as to not draw the ire and become a target of other ex-inmates. There will be the registration process that they will have to submit to... Call the Clerk of the Court for more specific details and information.

Go to your My Account area on the website. Click on Discount Telephone Service, click Add a Local Line, then select the state, the facility name, your telephone number and the calling plan you wish to buy. Go to checkout and then the pay page. Enter your debit card or credit card and pay. You will get an email confirmation of your purchase and in about an hour, you will get your new local telephone number emailed to you to

Depending on the facility, the inmate's calls are paid for by you as a prepaid service or by the inmate from their commissary money. The cost of each call is more expensive based on the whether it is long distance or local. The difference can be as much as $10.00 or more per call. We can get the local number for the inmate to use and drop the call cost by 80-90% per call. If you want more information, email

No. A release date cannot be calculated until a sentence has been imposed. The release date is derived directly from the length of the sentence. Without knowing how many months or years a judge has ordered, there is no number to work from. Good time credits, which reduce the time served, are also calculated as a percentage of the sentence length, so those cannot be determined in advance either. What you can do before sentencing is understand the

When someone has been arrested on a contempt charge with bail set, their release depends entirely on whether that bail gets posted. Until the $11,000 bail is paid or bonded, your boyfriend will remain in custody regardless of any other timeline. To find out the current status of the case, what hearings are scheduled, and what the exact conditions of release are, contact the Clerk of the Court in the jurisdiction where he was charged. The clerk's office maintains

The halfway house is not operated like the prison system. There is no inmate "banking". Inmates are required to get a job and pay the halfway house a percentage of their gross income. If you want to get money to the inmate, you will need to send a money order to them or deposit money in their traditional bank account.

Federal prison is not worse than state prison, but it is prison nonetheless. The child pornography charge is not going to make his bit any easier. They send most of these type inmates to a facility in Arizona known for this. They tend to be safer among like-charges inmates. RDAP is a fantastic program if your inmate has put his substance abuse in the record with the Pre-Sentence Report prior to sentencing. This is the ONLY way to qualify. Plus,

JPay.com is the best way to send money to your inmate at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (formerly called the Clinton State Women's Prison)